China's Internet Censorship Report 2006

Censorship is as bad, as looking directly into the sun which causes blindness, and still remains the among the few key prerequisites for successfully running a modern communism type of government, namely the leader's appearance. And while it's obvious that wearing eyeglasses is supposedly making you look smarter, I'm certain that it's not reading on candles, but censorship that's causing the overal blindness of party members on average.

Human Rights Watch recently reseased a very comprehensive report on China's Internet censorship philosophy, technologies, social implications and the business parties involved.

Meanwhile, the blocked since 2002 Blogger.com seems to be again accessible in China. A battle victory for free speech? Don't be naive, the reason it's still accessible is that they figured out how to censor what needs to be censored -- reverse model consisting of allowing everything, and blocking as well as monitoring access to potentially dangerous blogs. Less negative public opinion for sure, a good indication on why the Great Firewall has the potential to get breached into from within. Here are key summaries of what made me an impression:

01. URL de-listing on Google.cn, Yahoo! China, MSN Chinese and Baidu

02. Comparative keyword searches on Google.cn, Yahoo! China, MSN China, Baidu, Yahoo.com, MSN search and Google.com

03. The words you never see in Chinese cyberspace - courtesy of Chinese hackers located a document within the installation package of QQ instant messaging software :

falun, sex, tianwang, cdjp, av, bignews, boxun, chinaliberal, chinamz, chinesenewsnet, cnd, creaders, dafa, dajiyuan, dfdz, dpp, falu, falun, falundafa, flg, freechina, freedom, freenet, GCD, gcd , hongzhi , hrichina , huanet , hypermart , incest , jiangdongriji , lihongzhi ,making , minghui , minghuinews , nacb , naive , nmis , paper , peacehall , playboy , renminbao , renmingbao , rfa , safeweb, sex , simple , svdc , taip , tibetalk , triangle , triangleboy , UltraSurf , unixbox , ustibet , voa, voachinese, wangce, wstaiji, xinsheng, yuming, zhengjian, zhengjianwang, zhenshanren, zhuanfalun

04. The Great Firewall of China: Keywords used to filter web content :

Names of People
Bao Tong, Chen Yonglin, Cui Yingjie, Ding Jiaban, Du Zhaoyong, Gao Jingyun, Gao Zhisheng, He Jiadong, He Weifang, Hu Xingdou, Hu Yuehua, Hua Guofeng, Huang Jingao, Jiang Mianheng, Jiang Yanyong, Jiang Zemin, Jiao Guobiao, Jin Zhong, Li Zhiying, Liang Yuncai, Liu Jianfeng, Liu Junning, Liu Xiabobo, Nie Shubin, Nie Shubin (repeated),Sun Dawu, Wang Binyu, Wang Lixiong, Xu Zhiyong, Yang Bin, Yang Dongping, Yu Jie, Zhang Weiying, Zhang Xingshui, Zhang Zuhua,Zhao Yan, Zhou Qing, Zhu Chenghu, Zhu Wenhu, Zi Yang (in English), Ziyang (in Chinese), Ziyang (in English), zzy (in English, abbreviation for Zhao Ziyang)

Chinese Politics
17th party congress, Babaoshan,Beat [overthrow] the Central Propaganda Department, Blast the Central Propaganda Department, Block the road and demand back pay, Chief of the Finance Bureau, Children of high officials, China liberal (in English), Chinese Communist high officials, Denounce the Central Propaganda Department, Down with the Central Propaganda Department, Impeach, Lin Zhao Memorial Award, Patriots Alliance, Patriots Alliance (abbreviated), Patriots Alliance Web, Police chase after and kill police, Pollution lawsuit, Procedures for dismissing an official, Red Terror, Set fires to force people to relocate, Sons of high officials, The Central Propaganda Department is the AIDS of Chinese society, Villagers fight with weapons, Wang Anshi’s reform and the fall of the Northern Song dynasty, Specific Issues and Events, Buy corpses, Cadres transferred from the military, Cashfiesta (English), Cat abuse, Changxin Coal Mountain, China Youth Daily staff evaluation system, Chinese orphanage, Chinese Yangshen Yizhi Gong, Demobilized soldiers transferred to other industries, Dongyang, Dongzhou, Fetus soup, Foot and mouth disease, Fuzhou pig case, Gaoxin Hospital, High-speed train petition, Hire a killer to murder one’s wife, Honghai Bay, Horseracing, Jinxin Pharmaceutical, Kelemayi, Linyi family planning, Market access system, Mascot, Military wages, No Friendlies, Prosecutor committed suicide, Pubu Ravine, Shanwei government, Suicide of deputy mayor, Suicide of Kuerle mayor, Swiss University of Finance, Taishi village, Top ten worst cities, Wanzhou, Weitan [Village], Zhang Chunxian welcomes supervision against corruption, Falun Gong

Terms related to the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement, including phrases from its “NineCommentaries” manifesto against the Communist Party
Chinese Communist Party brutally kills people, dajiyuan (in English), Defy the heavens, earth and nature. Mao Zedong, Epoch Times, Epoch Times (written with a different character), Epoch Times news Web site, Evaluate the Chinese Communist Party, Evaluate the Chinese Communist Party (abbreviated), falundafa (in English), flg (in English), Fozhan Qianshou Fa, Guantong Liangji Fa, In the Chinese Communist Party, common standards of humanity don’t exist, Li Hongzhi, lihongzhi (in English), Master Li, minghui (in English), Mother and daughter accused each other, and students and teachers became enemies, New Tang dynasty TV Station, Nine Commentaries, No. 1 evil cult in the world, Obedient citizens under its brutal rule, People become brutal in violence, Chinese Communist Party, People developed a concept of the Chinese Communist Party, but, People who could escape have escaped, and had people to seek refuge with, Quit the party, Run the opposite direction of the so-called ideals of Communism, Shenzhou Jiachifa, Spring Festival Gala of the World’s Chinese, Steal people’s painstaking work, Truth, Compassion, Tolerance [Falungong slogan], Zhenshanren (in English) [same slogan in English]

Overseas Web Sites, Publications and Dissident Groups
Century China Foundation, China Issues Forum, China Renaissance Forum, China Society Forum, China Spring, Chinese Current Affairs, Chinese World Forum, EastSouthWestNorth Forum, EastWestSouthNorth Forum, Forum of Wind, Rain and the Divine Land, Freedom and Democracy Forum, Freedom to Write Award, Great China Forum, Han Style, Huatong Current Affairs Forum, Huaxia Digest, Huayue Current Affairs Forum, Independent Chinese PEN Center, Jimaoxin Collection, Justice Party Forum, New Birth Web, New Observer Forum, North American Freedom Forum, reminbao (in English), remingbao (in English), Small Reference, Spring and Summer Forum, Voice of the People Forum, Worldwide Reader Forum, You Say I Say Forum, Zhengming Forum, Zhidian Jiangshan Forum, Zhongshan Wind and Rain Forum

Taiwan
Establish Taiwan Country Movement Organization, Great President Chen Shui-bian, Independent League of Taiwan Youth, Independent Taiwan Association, New Party, Taiwan Freedom League, Taiwan Political Discussion Zone

Ethnic Minorities
East Turkestan, East Turkestan (abbreviated), Han-Hui conflicts [ethnic conflicts], Henan Zhongmu, Hui [muslim ethnic minority] rebellion, Hui village, Langcheng Gang, Nancheng Gang, Nanren Village, Tibet independence, Xinjiang independence, Zhongmu County

Tiananmen Square
Memoirs of June 4 participants, Redress June 4, Tiananmen videotape, Tiananmen incident, Tiananmen massacre, Tiananmen generation, World Economic Herald

Censorship
Cleaning and rectifying Web sites, China’s true content, Internet commentator, News blockade

International
Indonesia, North Korea falls out with China, Paris riots, Tsunami

Other
Armageddon, Bomb, Bug, Handmade pistol, Nuclear bomb, Wiretap, Chinese People Tell the Truth, Chinese People Justice and Evil, China Social Progressive Party, Chinese Truth Report, Dazhong Zhenren Zhenshi, Jingdongriji (English), Night talk of the Forbidden City, People’s Inside Information and Truth

Take your time to understand the Twisted Reality courtesy of China's Internet Censorship efforts, and learn more on how to undermine censorship.

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